Blank City
Today, Manhattan is a byword for overpriced property, overexposed landmarks and overdressed fashionistas. In the late 70s, however, it was rat-infested, crime-crippled, cheap and nasty - somewhere for America to dump its immigrants, poor people and artists. Music, art, fashion and filmmaking burgeoned, fueled by drugs, dares, fads, feuds, and a fair helping of madness.
Ann Magnuson, Deborah Harry, Eric Mitchell, Fab 5 Freddy, Holly Adams, James Chance, Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie, John Waters, Kembra Pfahler, Lung Leg, Lydia Lunch, Nick Zedd, Richard Kern, Steve Buscemi, Thurston Moore, Vincent Gallo